MP Nalin Kumar Kateel need to come out of Modi mania: Amin Mattu
Like-minded people protest against merger of Vijaya Bank
Mangaluru, Jan 3: Condemning the central government’s decision to merge Vijaya Bank, one of the prestigious banks of the Dakshina Kannada district, with Bank of Baroda, like-minded people on Thursday staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here.
Addressing the agitators, senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu said that five banks were born in Dakshina Kannada district and neither of them was in loss, nor bankrupt. All the five banks have upheld the values of the land through professionalism and honesty.
Though the central government has merged the Vijaya Bank, established by the farmers under the able leadership of Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty, AB Shetty and KK Shetty with the loss making Bank of Baroda, Lok Sabha Member Nalin Kumar Kateel who should have opposed the move in the Parliament, has kept silent and thus insulted the elders and their efforts, he said.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel should come out of Modi mania and stand for the people of the district. Former prime minister Indira Gandhi had opened the doors of the banks for the poor.
But present Prime Minister Narendra Modi has closed the doors of the banks for the poor. It was unfortunate that former union minister Janardhan Poojary who brought the banks close to the poor through Loan Mela, has not spoken anything about it, he said.
The political leadership of the district was bankrupt. Though the district was being attacked from all corners, the elected representatives have left blind eyes towards the problem. As a result, the voters who elected them have to face the consequences. So, the voters should teach such elected representatives a lesson in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he appealed.
Former minister B Ramanath Rai, former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty, DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla and social activist MG Hegde spoke on the occasion.
KPCC general secretary PV Mohan, DCC general secretary BA Muhammad Hanief, Advocate Dinesh Hegde Ulippady, Corporator Dayanand Shetty, JDS leaders Muneer Mukkacheri and Lathief Valachil, former taluk panchayat member N.E Muhammad, Youth Congress leaders Lukman Bantwala, Suhail Kandak, Shabbir Siddakatte, CPM leader Yadav Shetty, Samudaya Organisation leaders Vasudev Ucchil, Ullal city municipal council member Muhammad Mukkacheri, DYFI district secretary Santhosh Shetty, Yogish Shetty, Muhammad Musthafa, Aboobakar Bava, Willy Wilson, Madhuri Bolar, Muhammad Salih Maravoor and representatives of various banks BM Madhava, Prakash, Purushottam, Ganesh and others were present.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
